Those who are forced into being without an abode and/or dwelling are all to quickly deemed less than citizens. In many regards are even treated as less than human. How about thinking that we are NOT homeless, nor last-class citizens or non-human? We think, have feelings, have intellect and struggle. How would you feel to be thought of as anything less than human just for circumstances due to those of profit/gain/control?

Indonesian disaster authorities have lost count of the
number of people who have been left homeless in widespread flooding, but
say it could reach the hundreds of thousands.

The centre of
Jakarta, including the Presidential Palace, is awash and parts of the
Indonesian capital that have never seen flooding before are now
underwater.

Yesterday 10,000 people had to flee their homes but
hours of heavy downpours overnight and rivers bursting their banks, have
added to the problem.

Three people have been killed so far in the seasonal chaos and the
National Disaster Management Centre says it could affect as many as
350,000 as it did six years ago.

"My home is destroyed - all of it. It's in chaotic piles of mess," resident Umar Dani said through a translator.

He said the flood reached the roof of his house.

The
National Disaster Management Centre spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said
a child was among the two victims swept away in the floods overnight.

"Days
of heavy downpours caused the rivers to overflow and triggered floods
up to three metres," he said through a translator, adding that rivers in
Jakarta had a low capacity to contain the monsoonal rain.

In 2007, major floods forced 350,000 people to leave their homes and authorities are preparing for the same impact this year.